Filament, a technology platform company focused on Internet of Things (IoT) applications and long-range wireless sensor networks for industrial settings, is developing ad-hoc mesh networks of smart ...

This value is called the extrusion multiplier, and its determination is what the thickness sensor is all about. So all the filament sensor does is measure the filament’s current diameter.

When the Prusa i3 MK3 was released in 2017, it was marketed as being “bloody smart” thanks to the impressive number of sensors that had been packed into the printer. The update wasn’t really ...